One alarming issue is our ballooning national debt. The Bureau of the Treasury reported that, as of January 2025, the ...

President Trump’s newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, by most conventional estimates, add trillions to America’s ...

In 2001, the U.S. national debt was a modest 33% of GDP. Today, forecasts point to a staggering 200% by 2055. Here's a look at the evolution of U.S. fiscal policy and the risks ahead.

The U.S. government’s debt is not a cause for concern, as it is self-funded and the Federal Reserve can always step in to ...

As of July 3, 2025, the U.S. national debt stands at $36.2 trillion. Much like bank loans, the national debt has interest ...

When I recently reviewed my columns of past years, I was surprised I hadn’t written about “the debt” — meaning the national debt — in six years.

Now that the budget bill has passed Congress, we can see clear projections for how it will impact deficits, government debt, and debt service expenses.

The U.S. tax and spending bill passed on July 3 is expected to add more than $3 trillion to the country’s deficit over the ...

The Republican budget will add trillions to the national debt. Trump should channel Eisenhower to keep things in check.

Budget hawks have fretted for decades about America’s deficits and debt, repeatedly advising our government to embrace ...

At last week’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, member nations agreed to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035 from 2%, implying significantly higher debt issuance in the ...